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: philadelphia was the first american city to develop a water system and to take on as a municipal responsibility water delivery to all of its citizens. when william penn laid out the city, he actually chose a spot of land that had a lot of groundwater. however, by 1730, 30,000 people lived within the first seven blocks of philadelphia, next to the delaware river. well, 30,000 people caused filth in the city and polluted their water sources. the groundwater was not potable. and in one year, 1/6 of the population died of yellow fever. now, they didn't know at the time that yellow fever was carried by mosquitoes. but the health issue was major in that first movement to build a water system. narrator: so they set out to find the cleanest source of water. although the majority of philadelphia's water now comes from the delaware river, early engineers found that development along the waterfront was causing pollution. so their search led them to the nearby schuylkill river. philadelphia developed technologies to pump water from the river into the city. these technologies established engineering concept

as president at the university. this interview recorded at the university of pennsylvania in philadelphia as part of booktv is college series and is about 20 minutes. >> you are watching booktv on c-span 2 and one of the things we like to do is visit college campuses. we contact you professors also authors and showcase books that she may not know about otherwise. we are pleased to be at the university of pennsylvania in philadelphia this week and were joined by the president of the university, amy gutmann. she's the author of this book, "the spirit of compromise: why governing demands it and campaigning undermines it." president gutmann, are we a politically compromised? >> guest: we were created in compromise. a lot of people think of the revolutionary war, which separated us from our mother country. but if you recall -- i know you weren't there then, but if you recall historically speaking our founding fathers crafted a compromise that created the constitution. they were as polarized as any set of americans have been throughout our country and our history. they were pro-and anti-slavery

. professor happ was interviewed at the university of pennsylvania in philadelphia. part of book tv's college series. >> host: university of pennsylvania history professor, stephen hahn is the author of this book "the political world of slavery and freedom." professor hahn, before we get into the subject of the book, what's the image on the front cover? >> guest: that's a very good question and the answer is i have no idea. the editor proposed -- thought it was a very eye-catching image and when i showed it to friends and colleagues they had no idea what it meant. it doesn't clearly relate to anything in the book but i think they were interested in selling books, and that's how they chose it. i think it is a really interesting photograph, and i think it speaks to sort of complex connections within african-american communities that involve gender as well as power. but beyond that, i don't know. >> host: well, professor hahn, what do going to the topic of the book -- what do we know wrongly about slavery in the u.s.? >> guest: well, one of the issues that i try to deal with in the book is the p

: in philadelphia. >> guest: right here in philadelphia. one of the ironies -- so many ironies but one of the powerful ones is the first black president actually is a person who can talk least about race. for him it's a third rail for everyone, it's the third, fourth, and philadelphia rail for him. there's something about race he knows he can't discuss, and part of what he tried to do in that moment was to say, let me say something i think is going to bring people together that is forward thinking and hopefully i'll never have to bring it up again. in some ways it's paranoia. the idea is americans for fatigued about race. so resistant to thinking about racial inclusion, that to even bring up the idea of race too often, folks are going to disqualify you from the highest office in the land and you're not going to be a president for all americans. the positive is there are ways to address all kinds of differences that don't invoke race but brings everyone in. that's a nice model. we don't have to produce race-specific programs to create racial equality in a way. we can do it in these othe

scene. northbound 95 dundalk avenue. philadelphia boulevard, we have an accident. up to speed on the north and west side of the beltway. seven minutes from the 895 split. this is 50 at sandy point. a nice ride at the bay bridge. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> the baltimore ravens will board a plane bound for denver. >> pete gilbert is already at the mile high city and scouts out the territory for us. >> we have made our way here to denver. the town is lit up in orange. their slogan is united in orange. this tower behind me is lit up in orange. i was a little disappointed. i think i've seen two jerseys so far. it is not like what we see in baltimore. they are very confident. the broncos have won 13 games and they have a home-field advantage. we would like to remind them. peyton manning has never won a playoff game where the temperature was under 40 degrees. something to think about. i spoke with some ravens fans coming over on the plane. they are getting ready for the festivities. we are looking forward to catching up with them. we will have live coverage beginning

growing up in west philadelphia, the best place in the world to grow up is a forecast councilman and is a mayor of our city, in so many respects he is the nation's mayor. we working on gun buybacks but he has had to counsel families of police officers who have been killed. there are literally dozens of children over 50 a day shot every day in our country and mayor, it is good to see you. there is so much more that could be said but it is more important that we hear from the witnesses. i want to welcome my friend and the leader of the united states conference of mayors here today and we await his testimony. thank you. >> thank you. we're honored by each of your presence and went would like to begin with janet robinson. >> thank you very much. i'm here to give a face to the children, the staff, the families of sandy hook in newtown, connecticut. our on a beautiful winter morning in december buses dropped off their precious cargo. nearly 500 elementary children with their expectations like all little children that good things will happen today. maybe, what is for lunch today? will i

to college and he goes over to the newland after running away to philadelphia because he wants to be a printer and by the fonted and tight and prices but he hears from the ship captains helped teaks of a list to get across the atlantic to europe than it does coming back, something not explained by the prevailing turn of wind so lever, benjamin franklin as curious. he's heard about these things, he drops of their role in to the notion that a different that every few hours and measures the temperature of the water and is able for the first time to chart the gulfstream to understand what it is. this cool and curiouser the age of 17 but more than any other regular ordinary citizen, he travels through his life back and forth across the atlantic more than anyone. even at age 80 when he's coming back from england after he had done the treaty of paris into the american revolution he's still dropping barrels of water taking the temperature still trying to chart the gulf stream but i wasn't just the curiosity. for the his salient trade was tolerance. we are standing on the national mall

about what i call philadelphia sovereignty. second i'm going to examine the ideas of the global governance project, which challenges philadelphia sovereignty. and then we'll move to action and look at the actual activities. fourth, will examine the significance of this conflict between constitutional government and global governance. sovereignty is defending the scholars scholars than most people as westphalian, embodied in the nation state is going the treaty of 1648 and that's true to an extent. when i was working on the book and thinking of coming up with concepts, i relist americans don't think of themselves as westphalian sovereignty. we the people of the united states of america. opening words of the constitution, written in philadelphia, hence philadelphia sovereignty. but what is philadelphia sovereignty, the people are sovereign, the three constitution and the core of the twin pillars of our liberty and consent. so we do have majority rule, but majority rule is limited reconstitution and the whole system of separation of powers, federalism and limited government. a lot

north m mali. >>> it was a weekend of record-setting temperatures in washington and philadelphia, flights were delayed for hours due to this dense fog. in the west unseasonably cold weather. farmers have been scrambling to save $2 billion in citrus from near-freezing temperatures. with that we will bring in our own bill karins in a second. first your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> with president obama's second inaugural one week away, an official store has opened near the capitol selling tote bags, t-shirts, buttons lashgs pell pins and other souvenirs. >>> former president george h.w. bush may be released from the hospital in the coming days, that's according to a family spokesman it could even happen today. but there's been no confirmation of that. >>> robert f. kennedy junior says he believes there was more than one gunman who assassinated his uncle in 1963. rfk junior also privately doubted the accuracy of the warren commission report on the death of jfk. >>> vice president joe biden is about to send his recommendations to president obama and proposals for new gun co

, where you grew up, went to school, and what kind of jobs to have had. >> i grew up in the philadelphia area, in new jersey. i went to school up and down the east coast. i went to undergrad at duke university. i went to law school at harvard. after clerking for a judge, i came out here in 1997. i have been here for the last 14 years. i have always lived in the castro. i am an attorney. i started out in private practice. i settle private law firm during complex commercial litigation. in 2002, and moved over to the sentences the city attorney's office where i worked on the trial team doing trials for the city, handling my own cases, and supervising a team of attorneys as well. >> why did you choose to live in san francisco? >> i always assumed i would go back to the philadelphia area since that is where my family is. i was always interested in san francisco in terms of what it is as a city, its culture, it's amazing lgbt community. i came out here for a summer, fell in love with it. i have been interested in politics since i was a kid. i worked on campaigns as a teenager. i was involved c

of philadelphia road. it crashed head-on -- in the wrong direction on the 8100 block of philadelphia row. the drivers were not seriously injured. the crash team is now investigating. a standout in alabama is in its second day. s.w.a.t. team is our surrounding an underground bunker where a retired truck driver is holding a 5-year-old boy hostage. we have an update on the situation as we cover the nation. >> this standoff has been bizarre from the beginning. it is dragging past 40 hours. hostage negotiators have been speaking with the suspect. local officials say the 5-year- old hostage is on herndon. the police have been able to bring the child-local officials say the 5-year-old hostage is -- local officials say the 5- year-old hostage is unharmed. the suspect boarded a school bus and the men and seven children get off of the bus with him. -- demanded seven children get off of the bus with him. the bus driver was shot. >> a man enters the bust and threatens to take some children. you have a driver who stands up between him and the children. his death should be considered a hero's death be

, philadelphia mayor michael nutter, the mother of the victim of the arizonan shooting two years ago and police chief from minnesota. >> good afternoon, everyone. thank you very much for joining us on this very solemn and important occasion for the american people. just over a month ago our nation was shocked and horrified by the news of the shooting at sandy hook elementary school in newtown connecticut. 20 children and six educators were taken from us at gunpoint. an act of senseless incomprehensible violence struck at the heart of our families and schools and communities across the country. earlier this month, shortly after newtown, all members of congress to get both to protect and defend the constitution and the american people. to protect and defend, that is our first responsibility to read today leaders of the house democratic caucus have come together to fulfill that duty to confront the challenge of some violence in our society to enact and insure the safety and security of our communities. under the leadership of congress man thompson, mike thompson, our gun violence prevention task f

and glen doherty. >>> in philadelphia, an am bettamber alert has been issued. surveillance video shows robinson being escorted from the elementary school by a woman dressed in traditional muslim clothing and believed to be pregnant. it was six hours before anyone noticed that she had been taken. >> don't hurt my baby. please don't hurt my baby. >> contact philadelphia police with any information on her whereabouts. a $10,000 reward is being offered. >>> and now here's your first look at this morning's dish of "scrambled politics." president obama is being warned about issuing executive orders on gun control. republican congressman steve stockman from texas says he'll take action to stop presidential directives including filing articles of impeachment against president obama. >>> the national rifle association has released a target shooting app on itunes approved for preschoolers ages 4 and up. nra practice range includes a shooting practice feature, safety tips and state-by-state gun laws. >>> the white house has rejected a petition calling for texas to secede from the u.s. the respons

violence. a plan endorsed by philadelphia mayor michael nutter, who currently serves as president of the conference. the vice president speaking at 12:30 eastern, live on c-span. and at 6:30, pbs host tavis smiley, holds his annual forum focusing on poverty in america. former g.o.p. presidential candidate and speaker of the house, newt gingrich, and ohio representative, marshall fudge, are among the several panelists who will examine the issue and possible solutions. the discussion's entitled a vision for america, future without poverty. tomorrow night a look back at inaugurations from the past from harry truman's 1949 inaugural to president george w. bush swearing-in and speech from 2001. we'll see and hear presidents of the past 60 years on the day they officially took office. our coverage features universal news reels, footage from the senate recording studio, and presidential library supplementing our own c-span recordings. that's friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. and c-span's coverage kicks off this weekend as president obama begins his second term. sunday the official swearing-in

years ago, we had the honor of going to philadelphia for a meeting with other governors. you probably all are history buffs. i wanted to see philadelphia. growing up as a son of a minister, me and my brother and i, in our days, you would consider us poor. we did not know that. pastors did not get paid a lot. the furthest distance we would go on vacation was about as far as our station wagon could drive for about a day and then turn around and come back. we never got out to washington or philadelphia. in september 2011 when i was at this gathering of governors, i really was excited about being in philadelphia. i got up early to go over to independence hall, to see the outside of it, to see the liberty bell. i was blown away. growing up as somebody who loved history, particularly loved the founders of our country, i often thought of them as bigger than life, as superheroes. i thought about what they did -- i thought i would be blown away, and i came to independence hall in philadelphia, and i looked at this stage, and i was soaking it in, and i looked at antoinette, and if you have been

, philadelphia mayor michael nutter and family members of gun violence victims spoke to reporters. this is 20 minutes. >> good afternoon, everyone. i am michael nutter, mayor of philadelphia. i serve presently as the president of the u.s. conference of mayors. i am pleased to be joined by an incredible group of americans, many of whom you will hear from. after me, police commissioner kelly from new york will be speaking. we have advocates from a variety of gun safety organizations and most importantly, family members of the victim's of senseless violence in their locales. let me start by saying that on behalf of the u.s. conference of mayors and a million and a half people in the philadelphia, i commend president barack obama and vice president biden for the bold vision they have laid out , a comprehensive plan to ensure the safety of all americans, but today are in towns like newtown her or philadelphia or new york or los angeles or anywhere else in the united states cajon -- states, we need to get behind his plan to ensure that universal background checks are made for every gun purchase her

. coincidentally, the next day the third newspapers started in philadelphia the american weekly mercury. circulation, the top 100 newspapers in america our circulation is approximately 200,000. at the time of the american revolution, the circulation is approximately 600. that sounds awfully low, but keep in mind these newspapers are also not allowed in taverns in meeting houses and private homes, so most subscribership or circulation may be low, actual readership is quite significant. distribution. we have internet, telephone, tv and radio today. back then it was done primarily through horseback and ship, commonly called paca boats. the timeline here today news is instantaneous. its on demand. you can flip open your phone and have almost real-time news is your fingertips. 200 plus years ago, the news came up, the news came weekly. i'm sorry, the news came weekly said the time like we open a newspaper and kinase anywhere from the d.o.t. several months old and a large part of that list the amount of transit time that had to go into how far the news traveled to reach the printer. for insta

! >>> in the nfl chip kelly is the new head coach of the philadelphia eagles after saying he would stay in oregon, kelly changed his mind and took the job in philadelphia. >>> and a billboard sign in boston is counting down the minutes until the retirement party for baltimore linebacker ray lewis. the sign suggests that the patriots will beat the ravens on sunday and that lewis will retire after 17 nfl seasons. >>> well, just ahead, charlie sheen names the biggest partiers on the planet. that's got to be quite a list. >>> plus, your weather as you head out the door. you're watching "early today" on nbc. >>> well, welcome back. pretty sample forecast for nevada, arizona, california. lots of sunshine today after a cold start. again, freezing fog until about 10:00 a.m. in isolated portions of seattle to portland. it is hit and miss where it is. same case will be tomorrow morning. too. los angeles, you're in for a stretch of just fantastic weather. all that cold conditions you had ringing in the new year are long gone. we are sitting pretty with sunshine across the board through monday, mid to upper

interesting for me was the fact that he was in philadelphia for a number of years. we know in the department of aging and adult services that philadelphia has one of the most interesting and creative network of services for older adults in the country. it is really accessible to older adults. some of the most creative work we have seen at around the country. dave is also on the board of several civic organizations including the challengers boys and girls club, and cure autism now. edave -- dave, take it away. >> and good morning, can you hear me? in the back, can you hear me? i can see you. good morning, and thank you very much. if no one told you this morning, you look good today. you really do look good. in fact, you look just like i thought you would look on tv. i thank god for the opportunity to be with you for this very important conference. this is big. this is important. one of the things that she did not tell you about me that a lot of people don't know, not that you have to care, i have a signed with a disability. my youngest child, i have three children. my oldest is 30 and i have

taken the oath outside washington. george washington first in new york, and then in philadelphia. john adams in philadelphia. chester arthur in new york. teddy roosevelt in buffalo. calvin coolidge in plymouth, vermont, and l.b.j. in dallas. james polk's inauguration was the first to be covered using the telegraph and war enharding's parade was the first to use cars. buchanan's inauguration was the first one photographed and william mckin le's was the first filmed. hoover's was the first in a movie newsreel. the first to be televised was harry truman and the first streams in the internets was bill clinton's second. lincoln's parade was the first to include african-americans acknowledged wilson's was the first to include women. bad weather moved some indoors. grants touched it out in 16 degrees and jack kennedy in 20 degrees without an overcoat. f.d.r.'s inauguration was the first held in january after a constitutional amendment moved the date up from march. finally more people witnessed brom's first than any other event ever held in washington. >> wow, i love that stuff. chris: thanks

philadelphia who leads the united states conference of mayors. you hear from commissioner charles ramsey of the philadelphia police department, the current president of the major cities, police chiefs in association who will speak about the display of weapons you see to my left. finally, we will hear from the dems a reset not shootings. i'd also like to recognize other supporters here today. on the risers behind the we have police officers from several department and i so thank you for joining us today. hot mark i would also like to recognize the million moms for gun control who are represented by mrs. sandburg today, doctors for america, the american academy of pediatrics and the american federation of teachers. now i'd like to introduce reverend jerry hall, dean of the national cathedral to open this morning with a few remarks and a prayer. >> thank you, senator feinstein. it's an honor to be here today with you and sharing the work that you and your colleagues and faith united against gun violence are doing. i spoke in praise at the washington national cathedral on gun violence and i'

across much of the northeast. we will see freezing rain in philadelphia, baltimore, d.c. be careful on the roads as you will see slick spots. light snow in northern new england, as well. rob and sunny, back to you. >> jim, thanks for that. >>> coming up next, the major winners from last night's s.a.g. awards. >>> also, alarming news for credit card customers. a new surcharge in effect. how can you avoid it? >>> and new video from down under. extreme storms and extreme rescues, storm victims of all ages. >>> welcome back, everybody. well, stores can now charge you extra for using a credit card. merchants have always paid fees when customers use credit cards. but now, a court ruling says they can pass on as much as 4%. it's unlikely, though, that many will. it would, of course, annoy many customers. and ten states have laws prohibiting the surcharges. there are no fees, though, for debit card use. >>> toyota is back on top. the japanese automaker is once again the world's biggest automaker. it sold nearly 10 million vehicles last year, beating general motors and volkswagen. all three

day in philadelphia, but you will end up late in the day with temperatures above freezing. getting hold from school or work, much of new jersey, philadelphia, new york city areas, just fine. it's getting there as we'll deal with the problems this morning. then after this, we just have a really springlike severe weather setup. we could be dealing with tornadoes over the next 48 hours. >> wow. my goodness. >> we'll talk about that later. >> all right. thanks, bill. >>> ahead on this monday morning, relief for migraine sufferers. >>> the pentagon puts cybersecurity front and center. >>> as the 49ers arrive in new orleans, there's a white house petition to make super bowl monday a national holiday. could it and should it happen? "early today" returns in a few minutes. >>> welcome back. here are stories making news this morning. the senate is expected to approve more than $50 billion in aid for victims of hurricane sandy which hit the northeast over three months ago. >>> the pentagon is about to expand its cyber-security force five-fold to meet increasing threats against the nation's co

. aftere-mailing and getting no response, we sdielded to make a trip heading to philadelphia where monarch is based and an area hotel where staffers were being trained so we could talk to the owner. we got no comment from monarch just like our patient who says she contacted the maryland attorney general's office after hearing nothing back. in the last two ifs and a half month, eight other people have filed complaints. nonehave stories like this woman who says she doesn't plan to file suit or go under the knife for cosmetic surgery ever again. >> thinking about it, maybe it's god's way of telling me to leave well enough alone but it was heartless of them. >> we asked the owners about that woman's case but the attorney said they couldn't comment although they did note that monarch has been in business for eight years have performed thousands of complication frooe procedures. we know one that did not end well and on thursday, an exclusive interview as we put a name and face on the woman that died after getting a procedure at monarch. her family sits down thursday night at 11:00 as we expose

of credit for jefferson at a philadelphia merchant house. and that was the money he drew upon to guide the construction materials that went into monticello. now the surface of slavery that the duke had seen was on this earth is very, very genteel system. but that was only the top sites of monticello that he was seeing. the operation had a much harsher side to it further down the mountain. jefferson hated conflict and disliked having to punish people and in a fog of regret and denial hangs over the whole business. throughout his plantation records, their rented credit indications that the machine function not carefully calibrated violence parish ever since may first wish is to reverse the people treated, but what at first glance is an ironclad hummus turns out to be just that jefferson cespedes, a wish and as a qualifier. the second wish is they may enable me to have treatment continued by making mismatches will admit. meaning that they will treat you well, but if you do not produce enough, there will be harsh measures. jefferson's overseer, william paige kreegel discussed. that's a goo

, hurtling back to philadelphia, i have to hold office hours with the lovely the 0 ivy brats. i bet get home and sleep well all the we haven't slept wilson's the jimmy carter administration. thank you, you holding up is the key. i bet i won't even have time to formally say thank you and goodbye. i will the say to miles how eloquent his little segway introduction has been and tell him goodbye and all rest of you for coming. i am supposed to read some things. i was fretting about that -- what that would be because i wanted to make it very short. i wanted to read from the end of the prologue. one of the things that i was trying to stress in the talk that i gave yesterday and the panel that i appeared on the day before is for all of the undeniable, appalling, dark side of ernest hemingway there was also the light, there was this bone of generosity. sometimes it came out best when a child was involved, and not his own child necessarily and especially an ill child who wouldn't respond to that. but he seemed to respond in a special way. so i was thinking of reading something of a key west passage a

of them one of the reasons i am hurtling back to cold philadelphia's because i have to hold office hours tomorrow with the little i.v. brats. i best to get home and sleep well or try to sleep well although my wife and i say we haven't slept well since the jimmy carter administration. [laughter] thank you so much. you are holding us up. i think that's the key. and i bet i won't even have time to formally say thank you and good by two miles so i will just say two miles how eloquent his little segue introductions have been and tell him goodbye and are low and all the rest of you for coming. i am supposed to read something. i was fretting about what that would be because i wanted to make it very short. i am going to read from the end of the prologue. one of the things that i was trying to stress in the talk that i gave yesterday and indeed the panel that i had appeared on the day before is that for all of the undeniable, appalling, dark side of ernest hemingway there was also the light. there was this bone of generosity and sometimes it came out best when a child was involved and not his own

on c-span2 on location at the university of pennsylvania in philadelphia. at the annenberg school of communication currently joining us is the theme michael x. delli carpini what is the annenberg school of communication? >> we do research for the public consumption and a ph.d. training and graduate training that media and communication influence social practice and health and cultural practice. >> we're here to talk about your book "after broadcast news" media regimes, democracy, and the new information environment" but it seems that we have been to be -- debating the broadcast news scenario. to put it into historical context the basic argument is over the last 20 years there is a number of changes changing the

the words in philadelphia in the summer of 1776 that we hold these truths to be self-evidence that we are endowed by our creator with certainin ailable rights, all men are created equal. owned slaves, protected slavery, perpetuated slavery, fathered children with slaves -- with a slave woman -- enslaved woman. and as a young man tried on a couple of occasions to reform the institution. he lost publicly and decisively. and we all know politicians dislike two things above all, losing publicly and decisively. and so about 1785 he stopped. he gave up. it was a very unjeffersonian thing to do. and i think he gave up because he couldn't find a political way out of it. and his whole life was su fused and made possible by slavery. his first memory was being a child on a pillow being handed up on a slave to be taken on a horse on a family journey. one of his last memories was being uncomfortable in his bed in that alcove bed. he's trying to signal his white family what he wants done. they don't get it. the only person who understands what he wants done is an enslaved butler. so from the beginn

-city philadelphia, what's new is private management. in both cities, the challenge is not just to keep schools open but, as school officials say, to preserve the value of a catholic education for both rich and poor. bob faw reports. >> this enrichment music class at st. stephen catholic school in new york city is part of a new experiment to help save catholic schools. in a philadelphia suburb at conwell-egan catholic high school, this too is part of the effort to keep catholic schools open. here students devise real solutions for real-world problems. the new approaches are needed. over the last decade, 26% of catholic schools have closed. because of the recession, funding is down, the cost of running the schools is up, and enrollments have plummeted. >> there has been a drop in enrollment, and over the last 30 or 40 years it's over 2 million fewer students. from my point of view, it's a crisis. >> the situation is so dire, says the bishop in charge of the archdiocesan schools in philadelphia, something entirely different, call it an educational hail mary, was needed. >> we're in this because our ed

alive, there is a chapter in philadelphia, i organized a conference three years ago, a scholarly conference on nuia but at the last minute i advertise it in the local newspaper and 150 garvey-ites showed up. >> host: what is the garvey-ites political focus? >> guest: nuia, there are some chapters, the one in philadelphia, some in the united states, some elsewhere in the world. also people who are kind of nationalist in their political views. they may embrace ideas about separatism so kirby's idea is an understanding and connection with africa is very powerful. i think it tends to be especially powerful with such as african-americans that are working class or pork, whereas the civil rights narrative and movement i think connects more with african-americans who are middle-class and well educated and the civil-rights movement had its greatest accomplishments to promote the expansion of black middle-class in greatest failures of african-americans who are working class. >> host: on location at university of philadelphia talking with history of professor comment professor hahn. >> i am

quijano to find out. >> reporter: south philadelphia high school is in one of the toughest parts of the city. every one of principal otis toug hackney's students must pass through these metal detectors. you want to see tighter gun control measures?es >> most definitely. >> reporter: he watched the inauguration with his wife and daughter, nearly 1,300 people were shot in his city last year. like what would you like to see happen happen in the president's second term? >> i would like to see him continue to fight.you know so, you know, the time is now, we've seen what happened at sandy hook, philadelphia wean one mur averaged more than one murder per day last year and if it's not viewed as an epidemic, i don't know what else would be. >> reporter: tom mannewitz also watched the president. >> he would be willing to take away my liberties from the second amendment in a heart beat if he thought he could get away with it. >> reporter: mannewitz owns a shooting range in texas, a state with a with a million hunters, more than any other. >> everybody wants theirants their children to be sa

the pleasure of welcoming hollywood stars this morning our sister station in philadelphia got a special treat from actor/director, mark wahlburg. >> we are expecting on the east 76, you will have some serious problems. stop and get yourself a hogie. >> can you imagine? >> he was there to promote his new film broken city his sidekick is film director alan hughes. broken city premiered in philadelphia, last night. >> i think he is adorable. please come to dc. i am telling you. i would love to present him. >> let you hang out here. >> yeah, i like his philadelphia accent. pull over and get a hogie. >> very fun guy. >> weather wise, a little chilly tonight but getting better. >> yeah, really tonight is beginning to be chilly shawn but not as cold as it should be this time of year the high was 71 in wilmington. >> really? >> yeah, go to the beach. some people are complaining they don't like it this warm but we have to take the break while we can get it. i am sure there will be some cold stuff coming. a lot of chatter it will be getting cold inner the west over the weekend but as that cold air sink

this briefing, this meeting, to hear from people like michael nutter, the mayor of philadelphia. also dr. janet robinson who is the superintendent at schools in newtown, connecticut. it should be gaveling in shortly. democratic leader nancy pelosi will lead. you'll also hear from congresswoman rosa delauro of connecticut who is one of the co-chairs of the steering and policy committee. you're watching live coverage here on c-span. also, following the meeting here of the policy committee, we're going to show you president obama's comments from earlier today and his proposals on gun violence that he announced at the white house. there's leader pelosi about to get under way here on c-span. >> on the screen, michael nutter, mayor of philipp delve yarks and one of several folks who will testify this afternoon before the democratic is steering and policy committee about gun violence. also you'll hear from the superintendent of schools in newtown, connecticut. president obama releasing his proposals on gun violence earlier this afternoon. we'll show that to you after this meeting of democrats and you

in philadelphia and pittsburgh, two big areas that had significant democratic representation. if you did it district -- congressional district alone, out of the 19 congressional districts, governor romney would have carried 13, president obama only 6, and if you gave the two bonus electoral votes to the president, it would have been 13-8. if you decided to pass a law that said the bonus two go to whoever wins the most congressional districts, it would have been 15-8 in favor -- excuse me, 15-6 in favor of governor romney even though he lost the state by a very significant majority. >> but wouldn't you have maybe not riots but something close to it if the word got out in philadelphia, for example, that the state had gone by popular vote by, as you say, five points, for example, and yet the state's electoral votes had gone by and large to the republican. wouldn't people just go crazy on hearing that all their efforts to vote were eliminated by manipulation in harrisburg? >> absolutely. and this is a case of be careful what you wish for, chris, because i think if the republicans push this i

in two different incidents. philadelphia, ivan johnson a temple university student, shot during an argument. he's among that city's first homicides of 2013. it was also her cousin -- >> children are just dying on the streets for no reason whatsoever. >> reporter: even before her cousin's death, johnson was mourning the loss of her son charles. shot two years ago. he was 19. >> anger and rage rise to the surface because there has to be something that we can do as a nation to get these guns off the streets. >> reporter: in order to battle crime, cities such as new york and philadelphia have looked to strengthen their gun control laws, and new york has done so. it has some of the strictest gun control laws in the country, including a bann assault weapons, restrictions on ammunition clips over ten rounds, and mandatory background checks for gun buyers, including buyers from gun shows. philadelphia's mayor supported legislation banning assault weapons and so-called straw purchases of handguns in his city. it passed, but was overturned by a state court. >> the state has taken the posi

of philadelphia. he's a key leader of mayors against illegal guns, a group formed to address the gun violence in our towns and cities. he's been so passionate in this fight that the nra once called for him to be arrested, a demand i consider a badge of honor. mayor nutter, thank you for joining me tonight. >> thank you, reverend al. >> mayor, you've been involved in this course for years. is now the time you feel to get this done? >> it is the time. and i was listening to you earlier. the reason is because this is different. it's very different. as one of the earlier guests said, it really has broken the hearts of americans all across this country and people around the world. and elected officials, i think, are really paying a lot more attention to this and then taking action. the leadership that is already come forward by president obama and then his asking vice president biden to take on this issue, the vice president's record is clear in terms of public safety and taking swift action to make america much safer. the vice president has been working this issue since the president asked him to

to work in philadelphia. if you have to slip out, we understand. [applause] >> i will ask the following five members to kick it off. the representative from new jersey, the representative from florida, the representative from new york, and the representative from oregon. >> thank you very much. my question is probably a broad one and widespread. and probably directed to the mayor and the chief of police. with all of the budgetary restraints we suffer throughout this country, certainly here, do you think you can have an effective program without federal funding? >> no. >> we will take all five questions at one time. [laughter] >> thank you for this. they make one cry and they should make one angry and outraged and determined and committed. why is america so different candy statistics you gave us? -- in the statistics you gave us? >>it is not that we have so much more mental illness or less health care than other countries or fewer armed police or more defenseless students. it is not only american youth who play violent video games. it is not that we have so little information about bad g

president is introduced i philadelphia mayor michael nutter. >> >> please welcome the vice- president of the united states, and michael nutter. \[applause] [applause] >> mayors and ladies and gentlemen. it is, of course, my distinct honor and pleasure to have the opportunity to introduce our good friend and my good friend, vice president joe biden. throughout his career as a public servant, vice president biden has championed issues that are critical to the prosperity and growth of america's cities, and he has engaged directly with the u.s. conference of mayors on a regular basis. during our annual meeting this past june in orlando, vice president biden pledged that the obama administration would make sure that future infrastructure investments are more targeted to local areas. in november, last year, the vice president hosted our leadership in the white house to discuss the fiscal cliff and the concerns of mayors regarding both investment programs and tax-exempt financing. whenever there's a major issue that demands attention, again and again and again, vice president joe biden has s

and now california's fund for teachers frozen or divested investments in gun makers. philadelphia mayor nutter compares the strategy to the one used to pressure company that is did business with the apartheid government of south africa. our next guest shining a light on the dirty dozen, 12 big corporate investors that back the gun industry. please welcome current public advocate for city of new york, bill deblazio. how are you? >> great. thank you. >> economic accountable. we know that after one of the mass shootings, the nra comes out saying, oh, now they'll come and take away your guns and the industry profits from that and teachers and other that is profit from being invested in those companies say, hey, maybe this is like blood money. maybe we should not be part of those companies. so is this a divestment strategy that's a morality play or can you have an impact on the gun industry by doing this? >> i'm sure we can have an impact. this industry is rot on the the core. essentially making it easier for people to get the hands on the weapons even if they're used in massacres or shootin

shot in two different incidents. philadelphia, steven johnson, a temple university student, shot during an argument. he's among that city's first homicides of 2013. he was also this woman's cousin. >> children are dying on the streets for no reason whatsoever. >> reporter: even beforeler cousin's death, she was mourning the lot of her son, shot two years ago, he was 19. >> anger and rage rise to the surface because there has to be something that we can do as a nation to get these guns off the streets. >> reporter: in order to battle crime, cities such as new york and philadelphia have looked to strengthen their gun control laws and new york has done so, it 4has some of the strictest gn control laws in the country, including assault weapon bans, restrictions on am humunition cs and background checks. a law was overturned by a state court. >> the state has taken the position that they should be be the only ones who can legislate in the area of gun safety and gen l. gun regulations. many of us have a very different position. >> reporter: a key difference, new york city and new york state a

on sandy bill delay. from the philadelphia inquirer. christy, shame on congress. cnn, called it a bomb shell. is that too much dralm ajim? >> well, i mean, it works for christydoesn't it? the governor of new jersey set himself up as a figure looking down with mostly scorn at the democrats and republicans in terms of the middle of the country that feels anti-congress . not all that keen on president obama either it is a pretty good position. >> she - on he does have to run for reelection. >> the decision to delay the vote to make sure the money was well spent. bill kristol defended it. >> it is indefensible and we talk about well spent money, shut down the entire congress. come on, it was a political move and there was a response to a political move that was genuine not only by chris christy but pete king who said the same thing. disaster money should not be politicized. >> the point, justin critics of the bill said it was not all disaster relief. >> let it go to the floor. the speaker had an open vote and he could have done it here and they had the vote to pass it >> media mean seems t

us is philadelphia mayor michael nutter and his police commissioner charles ramsey. delaware attorney general beau biden, son of vice president joe biden. and daniel webster. he's the director of the johns hopkins center for gun policy and research. welcome to you. >> thank you. >> let me start with you, if i may, mr. mayor. you're a mayor of a major american city. a violent city. like many of the big cities in america. from what you understand of what the president will be revealing tomorrow as wa he wants to push forward with, is that enough? >> it is a fantastic start, piers. and the problem is we haven't done enough in the past. first and foremost, president obama and certainly the work of vice president biden needs to be commended. this will not be easy. we all know that. and so for all those, if there are going to be those voices already saying is it enough, how about joining the fight to make sure that we're successful? and then we'll keep pushing forward. >> police commissioner ramsey, there are two issues here, it seems to me, in terms of the type of violence. you have the pr

're in philadelphia at the university of pennsylvania, and we're interviewing some professors who also happen to be authors. and we want to introduce you to the dean of the university of pennsylvania's school of social policy and practice. this is richard gelles on your screen. and one of his books, his most recent, is called "the third lie: why government programs don't work and a blue print for change." dr. gelles, i'm here from the government, and i'm here to help you. is that not true? >> guest: not true. >> host: why not? >> guest: because most government social programs which are designed to help people don't actually help. in some instances it is little more than the, i hate saying this, but the do-gooder full employment act. it provides lots of jobs for people who'd like the help, but at the end of the day if you look at whether the needle has been moved and people have really been helped by substantial government programs and substantial amounts of money, the bottom line is very rarely are people hemmed. helped. and i thought that that was a story worth telling. the idea came to me a

minutes. >> well, book tv is on the road. we're in philadelphia at the university of pennsylvania, and we're interview something professors. who also happen to be authors. we want to introduce you to the dean of the university of pennsylvania school of social policy and practice, this is richard gelles on your screen one of his books, his most recent, is called: "the third lie: why government programs don't work and a blueprint for change." dr. gelless, i'm here from the government and i'm here to help you true? >> guest: not true. >> host: why? >> guest: they don't tallly help in some instances it's little more than -- i hate to say that's -- the good-gooddedder employment act, lots of people would like to help, but if you look at whether the needle has moved and'em have been helped by substantial amounts of government programs and money, the bottom line is very rarely are people helped. and i thought that it was a story worth telling. the idea came to me as i was being smuggled into the back door of the state house in the state of hawai'i for a meeting with the secretary, the speaker

arrest. police in philadelphia say the suspect approached a woman tuesday afternoon to ask for a light then began hitting her. surveillance video it's disturbing too. shows him dragging her across the platform, tossing her on to the tracks below. police say the woman made it to safety with just some bumps and bruises. investigators caught the suspect two days later using his distinctive jacket to i.d. him. police say they did not warn the public he was on the loose because that jacket was their best lead and he might have ditched it. they say he was wearing that jacket and carrying the victim's cell phone when they arrested him. he faces assault and robbery charges in philadelphia. i'm bill hemmer in tonight for shepard smith. this is "the fox report." one american is dead. others are still hostage. at a bp gas facility in algeria, that's what u.s. officials are saying tonight. algerian forces launched a rescue operation yesterday but we have been getting con licking reports about how many hostage survive that a bit earlier today algerian television reported almost 100 were tree but cl

philadelphia and she said see that boy out there he's never going get anywhere. he's silly and never going to get anywhere. she was wrong about that. >> host: how do you know him? >> guest: fairly well as a kid. i haven't seen him in years. we served on the board ever trustees on the board of temple together and that was the mid '80 and i haven't seen him yet. and some of the people he talks about on the show, fat albert, they were people in the neighbor. >> host: dr. j.? >> guest: i have only seen him once many times on television, but heist a second cousin of mine, and of course i don't play basketball as well as he does. >> host: and a second cousin you don't have a relationship with? gail: no, i found out about him after my father died he's a second cousin, and i guess one of my second aunts called and said do you know you have a famous cousin and that's how i found out we were related. >> host: what were your parents like? >> guest: my mother she was a -- my mother and father got separated and they got divorced in 1948 or 1950, and i saw little of my father growing up. my mother was a

of having a national general assembly modeled on the original continental congress in philadelphia beginning on july 4 of 2012? coming up with a list of grievances that this assembly debated. >> lawrence blessing has talked about a new constitutional convention. i think it is early. i think it is tricky. i do not mean to sound too conservative. when you say to make a list of grievances, we could sit in this room and come up with a list of six ideas or grievances that need to be made real and lead to change. you need to find your issue, work in your community. work in the organizing around the issue. link up with groups doing work. if it is student debt, find ways to take on the banks, local legislators, and congress in the short term. is not very revolutionary. at the event we did on 9/11, i said i felt this country was in a pre-revolutionary moment. it was about a week before occupy was street launched. i believe in evolution, not revolution. >> katrina, did you read the foreign affairs article that backs up the occupy movement? there was a recent article about the new progressive movement.

showing you a cartoon out of rice paper that came from a considerate for etching. then in philadelphia in the 1880s and 90's is when this was produced showing some of the political action that was going on during lincoln's time and what they thought of it. you speak of that at some length in fact about a possible plot that was going to be hatched in baltimore against the president-elect and that his advisers advise that he go through surreptitiously. you should tell the story and after we see what this is and how she is coming in with a scotch hat and a sort of overcoat if anything happens when he is trying to -- but that is a different story, different parallel. tell us about this. >> this image was made in baltimore. islamic the original was. >> the printing, he was a dentist in baltimore and he was doing his work there. he was are arriving in a freight car that is his imagining being scared by the arched backs of it is how frightened she was by the plot he was a terrific artist. lincoln was told by two independent sources while he's in philadelphia to raise the flag of independence

businesses in the 8400 block of philadelphia road. firefighters say the flames appear to have started at a chinese food restaurant and spread to other nearby businesses. the fire was upgraded to a third alarm as five other stores became involved. it took more than 100 firefighters to put out the flames. >> then the roof caved in and heavy fire. that usually will collapse the walls and the roof. >> a lot of damage but no one was injured. investigators believe they know the origin but they are trying to determine the exact cause of the fire. >> parkville. they had a waterfall shooting in the air saturday. water main break affected about 80 homes. that between walter boulevard and bellaire road. according to public works there were at least a dozen others. the aging infrastructure and water froze over the payment. the main is about 8 inches long and no word yet when service will be restored to that area. >>> a fire breaks out in a crowded nightclub in brazil killing more than 230 people. witnesses say a flare or firework lit by the band performing may have started the blaze. club goers s

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